Garden-tool



J. J. SWAIN.

GARDEN. TooL.

(N0 Md'el.)

Patented Oct. 3, 1882.

ATTORNEYS.

Errea.

GARDEN-Tool..

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 265,460, dated October 3, 1882,

Application iiled July 25, 1852.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. SWAIN, of Montevallo, in the county of Shelby and State ot' Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Garden-Tools,ofwhich the following is a i'ull,clear,and exact description. v

My invention consists of an improved contrivance ofthe handle-socket and the shank of a hoe or other tool for a ready and simple means ot' detachably connecting them together, so that one handle may serve for a whole set of hoes, weeders, rakes, and other forms of hand-tools employed in garden-work, all as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specicatiomin which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure lis a perspective view of a gardenl'ioe constructed according to my invention, and llig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the socket.

l make an extension, a, ot' the handle-socket l) a suitable length beyond the head c, where the handle d terminates, with anotch, e, in the outer side ot' said head to receive the end ot' the tangfot' the hoe g or other tool, as shown; also, with a suitable hole at It through the head i of the extension a for inserting the tang 3o j, on which I make a shoulder, j, to drop be- (No model.)

By means of my improved detachable connecting device for the tools a considerable economy will result in the first cost of a set ot` tools, in consequence ot one handle servingt'or the whole, and the tools, which wear out while the handle remains serviceable, may be removed from time to time without the cost of new handles.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenty l. The combination, with the handle-socket b, having extension a., notch c, and hole h, the hoe or other tool g, having shankfand shoulderj, of the key k and set-screw l, substantially as described.

2. A socket, b, for a hoehandle, having an extension, a, notch e, and hole lL for the connection ot' the tangfot' a hoe or other gardentool, substantially as described.

3. A handle-socket having the cross-head c provided with a notch, c, which receives Iand holds firmly the end ot' tang j', as shown and described.

4. The combination, ith head c, having notch e, of a handle-socket and tool-tang provided with corresponding shoulders, i j, to prevent the tang from working forward out of the notch e, as described.

5. The combination, with the correspondingly-shouldered handle-socket and tool-tang, of the wedge lr and set-screw l, as described, to prevent the tang from being lifted so as to separate the shoulders.

JOSEPH J. SWAIN.

Witnesses:

HENRY WILSON, E. S. LYMAN. 

